Letter from Oscar Allen to his cousin Hetty Brackney
| Title | Letter from Oscar Allen to his cousin Hetty Brackney |
|---|---|
| Subject | Allen, Oscar |
| Brackney, Hetty | |
| Brackney family | |
| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) | |
| United States. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives | |
| Description | Letter from Oscar Allen to his cousin Hetty Brackney about the wellbeing of other soldiers, the possibility of furlough, and his duties and life in camp. |
| Creator | Allen, Oscar |
| Source | Brackney family papers; MMS-0891; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Date | 1863-03-22 |
| Rights | |
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| Format | Correspondence |
| application/pdf | |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | mms00891_i00005 |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/collections/item/32721 | |
| Spatial Coverage | Kentucky |
| Type | Text |
March 22th 1863 Kenton Ky Dear Cousin I received your letter of Mar. the 21 and was very glad to hear from you how do you do this morning I am well and harty and all of the boys is well I believe except robert L. gouge and he has binn sick for about 2 months he is at Lexington now he is not abel for the service I think he will git his discharge I have not heard from Silas and James for over one month or more they are about Lexington sume whareWe are glad to be paid off tomorrow or next day and I think that I will git to come home for thare is furloughs to be had I wish this ware was closed so that the Soldiers Could Come home and live in peace I am giting tierd of this way of livingI believe that the news is that old morgan Sayes that he will have Lexington before Friday night and eat his super thare but ii think that he will have some work to do if he gits his super it will be of led Yesterday thare was a train of Soldier went up and last night thare was a batry went up thare is a gointo be sum hard fiting done in Kentucky before this war is closed Well I must close till morningWell it is morning and it is raining like sixty (?) The river is vary hi and the mud is very deep Well the capton has come and he sais that one of the obys has deserted and he lows to send me and 2 other boys over west to see if we can hear of him Well I must go nowWell I have returned and it is night I will tell you something about our tromp we started in the morning about 9 oclock and went on till noon thare we came to a house and stoped and got out dinners Then we went on till we came to the Covington pike we folowed it to the end Then we started back for the Camp and of all the rods I ever saw that was the meanest and hillest We traveld till we got in about 3 miles of camp their we found the back bone of kentucky and we got on top of that back bone and all the way to git down was to slide down the ribs the back bone is about 4 hundred feet hiWe have a new genral it is gineral burnside he is coming in kentucky with his hole core The rebs is agointo make a nother rade in kentucky I think that will be thare last pitchWell I believe I have no more news So I will close I remain your cousin As ever |
